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Cesc Bertran-Cobo

University of Cape TownORCID 0000-0001-9286-9595Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 3 Assay:imaging· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Catherine J. WedderburniD· 2 shared Dan Joseph SteiniD· 2 shared Frances C. RobertsoniD· 2 shared Heather Joy ZariD· 2 shared J. S. AnnandaleiD· 2 shared Kirsten Ann DonaldiD· 2 shared Nadia HoffmaniD· 2 shared Petrus J.W. NaudéiD· 2 shared

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Persistent neuroimmune alterations in children who are HIV-exposed but uninfected at age 6-7 years: Associations with language development in a South African birth cohort

Cesc Bertran-Cobo, Frances C. Robertson, Simone R. Williams, Tusekile Sarah Kangwa, J. S. Annandale, Jessica E. Ringshaw, Layla E. Bradford, Nadia Hoffman, Heather Joy Zar, Dan Joseph Stein, Kirsten Ann Donald, Petrus J.W. Naudé, Catherine J. Wedderburn

This study examines neuroimmune changes in HIV-exposed uninfected children and links them to language development using a South African cohort.

bioRxiv · Mar 11, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Maternal and child immune profiles are associated with neurometabolite measures of early-life neuroinflammation in children who are HIV-exposed and uninfected: a South African birth cohort

Cesc Bertran-Cobo, Frances C. Robertson, Tusekile Sarah Kangwa, Jenna Annandale, Sivenesi Subramoney, Katherine L. Narr, Shantanu H. Joshi, Nadia Hoffman, Heather Joy Zar, Dan Joseph Stein, Kirsten Ann Donald, Catherine J. Wedderburn, Petrus J.W. Naudé

The paper examines associations between maternal and child immune profiles and neurometabolite measures of neuroinflammation in HIV-exposed uninfected and HIV-unexposed children.

Wellcome Open Research · Oct 31, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Altered TFEB subcellular localization in nigral dopaminergic neurons of subjects with prodromal, sporadic and GBA-related Parkinson's disease and Dementia with Lewy bodies

Tim E. Moors, Martino L. Morella, Cesc Bertran-Cobo, Hanneke Geut, Vinod Udayar, Evelien Huisman, Angela M. T. Ingrassia, John J. P. Brevé, John G. J. M. Bol, Vincenzo Bonifati, Ravi Jagasia, Wilma D. J. van de Berg

The paper examines TFEB subcellular localization in Parkinson's and Lewy body disease brains, finding altered distribution linked to disease stages and GBA variants.

bioRxiv · Jul 16, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience